# 5.0.15

2019-12-05

Maintenance release 5.0.15

* Bug #4549: Mismatch of group permission between log files and logrotate configuration
* Bug #5283: Unhelpful feedback with special string template characters
* Bug #6405: Server roles overwritten regularly for unknown reason
* Bug #8862: Broken agent parsing when some report data start or ends with a separator char
* User story #9066: Use agent_requirements parameter in generic methods documentation
* Bug #9614: Useless info message about apache2 service in system components on ubuntu 16.04
* Bug #9788: Changing a Directive from "Inherit Standard" to "Audit only" does not show a diff when changes validation is enabled
* Bug #10015: Document the usage of environment variables during installation
* Bug #10067: If an LDAP attribute is missing the related LDAP errors are not reported in UI (silent fail)
* Bug #11013: Creating a user without home directory fails
* Bug #11086: File content directive - Audit mode is not correctly supported
* Bug #11101: Plugin id on plugin page should be more human-friendly
* Bug #11150: Remove unused 'argparse' dependency in rudder-pkg
* Bug #11644: Improve Rules tabs visibility
* Bug #11917: No compliance from a Rule with only one Directive (from a technique created in the editor) when the Directive is also applied in another Rule
* Bug #12054: Cosmetic error message on installing Rudder 4.3 server on Centos 7
* Bug #12712: API generate error 500 when try update a ruleCategory
* Bug #12780: Do not store response when response code is an error in file_fom_http_server
* Bug #12920: Tools update error on relay
* Bug #12996: Negative execution time on AIX
* Bug #13508: JS Error when setting the "Send anonymous usage statistics " value
* Bug #13531: Audit/Enforce button in directive page should be similar to node page
* Bug #13612: The file from Rudder server technique may change permission of the destination parent directory instead of the file
* Bug #13746: backup procedure doesn't mention /opt/rudder/etc
* Bug #13825: Remote run does not try to use the system token
* Bug #13870: Mark configuration-repository git repo options deprecated 
* Bug #13886: New inventory not accepted when deleted inventory with "undefined" key status deleted
* Bug #13898: Filtering technique in directive library should display related directives
* Bug #14131: In the node details, clicking on the link to the policy server doesn't redirect to the policy server
* Bug #14139: Postrm script want to use systemd on Ubuntu 14.04
* Bug #14161: Use MB instead of mB for megabytes in the doc
* Bug #14180: Bash completion does not work anymore in 5.0
* Bug #14267: Error in group page when searching "Last inventory date" + "is defined"
* Bug #14286: Using ${match.x} in generic method causes an error message in the agent output, and prevents multiple reporting based on this generic method
* Bug #14315: Rudder agent upgrade from 4.3 to 5.0 using package methods sometimes fails
* Bug #14332: Document the hook that triggers an agent run on update
* Bug #14379: Directive appear in "mixed" mode in a rule applied on only one node
* Bug #14419: ldconfig is not done automatically when upgrading from 4.1.7 to 5.0.8 on RHEL7
* Bug #14431: Accepted inventory without matching rudder node appears in quicksearch
* Bug #14433: OS version sort in nodes list is broken
* Bug #14464: If a relay is deleted (via node->delete), its system rule remains
* Bug #14474: Some nodes which did not send reports for a long time appear in red instead of grey in the interface
* Bug #14511: Dpkg error when installing rudder-agent on Ubuntu 18.04.2
* Bug #14559: Invalid cron file put by packaging
* Bug #14560: On error, rudder-upgrade stops without error message
* Bug #14574: factory-reset does not work on AIX
* Bug #14620: Error on cf-execd at upgrade from 4.1 to 5.0 with Debian 9
* Bug #14632: Debian/Ubuntu install doc fails if lsb_release is not installed
* Bug #14633: Typo in link to mustache method
* Bug #14642: Debian/Ubuntu install doc fails if no IP is associated with the host
* Bug #14643:  Debian/Ubuntu install fails to install rsyslog-pgsql
* Bug #14653: Missing dependency on systemd for recent Ubuntu/Debian systems
* Bug #14790: Deleted directives are not always removed from rule (and are then not actionnable)
* Bug #14812: Document that a plugin is required for user roles and LDAP authentification
* Bug #14830: Running /opt/rudder/bin/rudder-debug-info outside of /opt/rudder/bin fails 
* Bug #14859: The "migrate" field should not be displayed on directive creation
* Bug #14928: Syslog service to use priority is wrong
* Bug #14959: Batch Store Run Agent can be limited only in days for catching up old report 
* Bug #15048: Error message in technique editor when using wrong syntax for node properties is REALLY not clear enough 
* Bug #15107: Folded subsections in directive forms are not visible enough
* Bug #15116: Document use G1GC to better deal with high volume of nodes and reports
* Bug #15118: When importing/exporting a technique via the technique editor, reports components are all blank
* Bug #15124: Rule tag is "Enforce" whereas it has both enforce and audit nodes
* Bug #15131: Backup documentation can fail on missing folders
* Bug #15178: Deleting a technique in the technique editor just after its creation fails
* Bug #15271: Backup procedure documentation is incorrect
* Bug #15272: Backup restore error
* Bug #15408: Missing link to the beginning of the guide in getting strated home page
* Bug #15509: Prevent setting an empty report component
* Bug #15535: "rudder server trigger-policy-generation/reload-groups" output a curl error if apache is stopped
* Bug #15540: Cannot upgrade debian packages from stretch to buster
* User story #15596: Document inventory variables
* Bug #15657: Document that variable_dict_from_file_type#csv needs CRLF
* Bug #15658: Fix unexpected report in osquery method
* Bug #15782: In rule page, removed directives are not correctly updated
* Bug #15798: Rationalize the handling of variables during policy generation
* Bug #15854: Even when rudder agent is disabled, it runs cf-promises every 5 minutes
* Bug #15858: Computing dynamic groups is very memory intensive, and can lead to FGC or OOM
* Bug #15878: We still have an LDAP entry "ou=Nodes Configuration,..." which is not used anymore
* Bug #15881: Build cache may ignore some changes within dependencies patches
* Bug #15891: Change technique_name in reporting for services techniques
* Bug #15905: If "ca.cert" exists, you can't have link for "rudder.crt"
* Bug #15908: Misleading old_class_prefix in permissions generic method
* Bug #15913:  Virtuozzo inventory can not be accepted: "can not find machine types"
* Bug #15916: Missing some logger documentation in logback.xml
* Bug #15936: rudder-api-client should not depend of python2 on redhat8
* Bug #15953: In node details, clicking on policy server id redirect to original node
* Bug #15965: Trying to make LdapEntry immutable broke rudder - reverting
* Bug #15971: variable_string_match tests are failing on old systems
* Bug #15974: Document specific purging configuration for log_* reports
* Bug #15979: Unwanted systemctl output in rudder-reports postinst
* Bug #15980: ncf test TestClassPrefix needs python3 to work
* Bug #15983: file_from_shared_folder generic methods fails to report
* Bug #15984: Document that a full policy regeneration is necessary after a backup restauration
* Bug #15985: Remove debug pprint from rudder-pkg
* Bug #15989: Nova license path in log is misleading for plugin licenses
* Bug #15993: In a separate database setup, an unexpected N/A report about "Postgresql component check" pops up
* Bug #16012: error at run of rudder-agent once it's bootstrapped (and invalid cron) on Debian 9
* Bug #16020: Don't edit the cron file in the initial policies
* Bug #16028: Initial policies on root server broken with missing postgres-check.cf file
* Bug #16030: Add a test on group of groups
* User story #16034: Improve generic method docs in the manual
* Bug #16036: Fix title levels in generic methods docs
* Bug #16057: Packaging files for rudder-api-client in 5.0 are not correct
* Bug #16061: Debian build of rudder-api-client fails due to already existing BUILD folder
* Bug #16062: Rudder-api-client build is running two times the build part
* Bug #16064: Rsync option for relay policy sync does not work
* Bug #16072: Improve documentation in rudder-web.properties about backup folder
* Bug #16074: When deleting completely a rudder-agent, it is very hard to re-install a functionnal agent on it
* Bug #16082: http_request_content_headers test tries to get content from a removed site
* Bug #16083: Big memory usage when fetching/writing node configuration and expected reports
* Bug #16085: rudder-api-client packaging tries to uncompress the sources twice
* Bug #16088: Rudder-api-client fails to build, debian packaging  files are not copied properly by dh
* Bug #16091: Dubious duplicate log message about hook
* Bug #16092: Fix internal doc links in generic methods
* Architecture #16097: Update ncf README after merge into Rudder
* Architecture #16098: Fix link to external doc in technique editor
* Bug #16128: We should not start agent daemons outside of the service
* Bug #16129:  We should not start agent daemons outside of the service - techniques
* Bug #16136: On relays /var/rudder/share files are not executable for group
* Bug #16137: Missing report in "Package check installed" generic methods
* Bug #16139: Files distributed via apache but download by the agent on relays have the wrong permissions
* Bug #16145: Command rudder agent start shoud list activated/deactivated services
* Bug #16158: Error message when serching for RAM size says we can use Mo
* Bug #16160: "rudder agent check" should not require /etc/profile presence
* Bug #16162: Inventory should not require the presence of /etc/profile
* Bug #16163: Document the need for systemd for some distributions
* Bug #16164: We cannot get the rules categories with the API
* Bug #16165: Typo in doc example of node-create-api plugin
* Bug #16177: rudder agent run command is broken
* Bug #16178: Agent is not correctly aborted when repaired is happening in audit mode
* Bug #16179:  Agent is not correctly aborted when dry-run fails
* Bug #16185: "skipped" directive appears even if directive is not skipped in rule
* Bug #16186: Parent broke tests
* Bug #16189: Error when retrieving reports at application start
* Bug #16191: In Node settings, "override global value" fields should have the same display 
* User story #16194: Make the "Add node property" form more visible
* Bug #16199: Missing timing info in logs for Home Page
* Bug #16200: Missing timing info in compliance computation logs
* Bug #16201: Inefficient computing of compliance on home page
* Bug #16203: Quicksearch leads to stacktrace since parent ticket correction
* Bug #16207: Docs recommend using multiserver setup while its benefit may be dubious
* Bug #16208: On a loaded system, the compliance computation is fairly expensive
* Architecture #16209: Remove multiserver install procedure
* Bug #16210: Inconsistent capitalization in menu items
* Bug #16211: Stay compatible with "Mo" in group search for RAM
* Bug #16213: Log metrics about configuration object at start of generation
* Bug #16214: Not all rudder-related reports are sent to /var/log/rudder/reports/all.log
* Bug #16220: ACLS methods are not working in recurse mode
* Bug #16224: Missing documentation on openssl incompatibilities between 4.x and 5.0
* Bug #16226: Error when importing technique with missing component in a method call
* Bug #16228: Fetching nodes last run is not batched
* Bug #16229: Typo in rudder agent health output
* Bug #16231: In rule list, click on edit leads to compliance tab
* Bug #16232: Directive based on a multivalued technique are not marked overriden
* Bug #16239: Recommend bash-completion package with rudder-agent
* Bug #16244: sudoManagement on SLES15 not working
* User story #16248: Add opensuse_leap conditions where we have sles
* User story #16249: OpenSUSE should be detected as "suse" os family
* Bug #16255: Improve performance of logs parsing by rsyslog
* Bug #16256: Deadlock on compliance computing
* Bug #16266: When clicking on "Edit" on the rule page it does not redirect to the edit tab
* Bug #16267: Copying a file to a directory using the "file_from_shared_folder" method results in a success report even if nothing is done
* Bug #16268: Troubleshooting agent-server communication issues section in the doc is empty
* Bug #16269: Could not get Group tree details through API
* Bug #16275: Add a generic method to escape regex chars in a string
* Bug #16280: Directives appears both skipped and enforce
* Bug #16281: API query to get group tree fetch group
* Bug #16292: When creating a rule, we reach compliance tab not setting one
* Bug #16293: Skipped directives are not displayed anymore - again
* Bug #16307: policy generation logs still mention promises
* Bug #16310: Directive skipped in several place appear duplicated